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The US Government has lowered Bermuda’s Covid-19 status as efforts to control the virus continue.
The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has shifted Bermuda’s Covid-19 status from Level 2 – moderate level of the virus – to Level 1 – low level...
DATE: Jul 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Foster parents have been given additional financial support from the Government, the Ministry of Social Development and Seniors has announced.
Traditional and kinship foster parents received a 10 per cent increase in their monthly stipends on May 1, ...
DATE: Jul 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s cultural history will be celebrated with a series of tours and events in the lead-up to Emancipation Day and Mary Prince Day.
A Government spokeswoman said the Department of Culture has partnered with Jumuiya ya Afrika Bermuda, the Departme...
DATE: Jul 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The leaders and officials of the Bermuda Bar Association were elected at the organisation’s Annual General Meeting yesterday.
George Jones has replaced Elizabeth Christopher as president.
Jerome Wilson is now vice-president in place of Cindy Clarke,...
DATE: Jul 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Spirit Of Bermuda completed her second successive victory by bolting up to take the Bedford Lodge Hotel & Spa Fillies' Handicap over seven furlongs at Newmarket on Saturday.
The three-year-old filly, owned by Bermuda Racing Ltd, went off at 12-1 odds...
DATE: Jul 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Dexter Smith, Head of Sport
Big boats, big bucks and big seas all combined for a lively week on the briny. The big story was that the Blue Marlin World Cup was fished with varying degrees of success across the globe, with the fishing, weather conditions and results spread throu...
DATE: Jul 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
Rescue, resuscitation and patrolling are some of the hard skills being learnt by Bermuda’s latest cadre of lifeguards in training.
There are seven new recruits undertaking the intensive course under the Department of Parks’ Lifeguard Service for the...
DATE: Jul 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Maintenance and upgrades to online Government services has been postponed.
Originally it was planned that from 11.55pm today to 4.30am tomorrow, there would be extensive maintenance and upgrades to the current government online platforms.
But a spok...
DATE: Jul 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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For at least the last decade, when couples have said “I do”, there was a better than 50 per cent chance that neither of the newlyweds were from Bermuda.
Not only were the highest number of weddings carried out between two non-residents, but the numb...
DATE: Jul 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Seven groups are each $2,000 better off thanks to the generosity of the Prison Officers Association.
Cheques were presented to six charities – Bermuda Diabetes Association, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bermuda, Coalition for the Protection of Children...
DATE: Jul 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan